Vanessa Caston LaFleur is a native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is married to Brian LaFleur, I and is the proud mother of Sydney Alexandra LaFleur and Brian J. LaFleur, II. LaFleur earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Southern University A&M College in 1990 and a Juris Doctor, with honors, from Southern University Law Center in 1993. 

 

LaFleur was elected to represent District 101 in the Louisiana House Of Representatives during a special election in the Spring of 2022 and was re-elected in 2023. She serves as the Vice Chair of the Administration of Criminal Justice Committee.  She also serves as a member of the Appropriations Committee, Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and the Judiciary Committee.  Her term expires in 2028.  

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